Exploring Housing Conditions Through Children's Eyes

Autores

  • Jaime Hernández-Garcia Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Carrera 7 No. 40-62. Bogotá, Colombia. PBX(57-1) 320 83 20 Ext. 2388.
  • Milena Rincón Castellanos Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Carrera 7 No. 40-62. Bogotá, Colombia. PBX(57-1) 320 83 20 Ext. 3286.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/rdc.2019.39078

Palavras-chave:

housing conditions, visual sociology, photo self-representation, photo elicitation, informal settlements.

Resumo

This paper presents a methodology for exploring housing conditions through the perception of children who live in informal settlements, employing photography as the research tool. Informal housing is usually in a bad condition, affecting the health of users and often putting their lives at risk; but this is not always something users are aware of. In this sense, finding ways to make bad housing conditions visible can contribute to their improvement. With this in mind, this paper concerns children´s perception of their dwellings and how these observations and insights can contribute to improve quality of life in these impoverish areas. The research was conducted with children aged between 6 and 12 years old, living in informal settlements of the Southern periphery of Bogotá, Colombia. The findings confirm “old topics” regarding housing conditions and open up “new topics” as well; all of them defined by children's perceptions. In this sense, findings can help built environment practitioners and informal self-builders, understand how housing conditions impact children's health and wellbeing, and support their exploration of alternative housing solutions. 

Biografia do Autor

Jaime Hernández-Garcia, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Carrera 7 No. 40-62. Bogotá, Colombia. PBX(57-1) 320 83 20 Ext. 2388.

Jaime Hernández-Garcia holds a PhD from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. He is Full Professor at the School of Architecture and Design in the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá. He is member of the research group: ´Aesthetics, Technologies and Habitability´, ranked A1 (top of the ranking) in the Colombian Research System –Colciencias-, and Senior Researcher in the same national body. He is the author of the books: ´Ecopolitica de los Paisajes Artificiales´ (2018), ´Public Space in Informal Settlements, the Barrios of Bogotá (2013), ´Espacios públicos en barrios informales, producción y uso entre lo público y lo privado´ (2012) and ´Arquitectura, Participación y Hábitat Popular´ (2008); and several papers on informal settlements/housing, open/public space, urban/town planning, community participation, and local knowledge/expression.

Milena Rincón Castellanos, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Carrera 7 No. 40-62. Bogotá, Colombia. PBX(57-1) 320 83 20 Ext. 3286.

Milena Rincón Castellanos is an Architect and Master in Geography from the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica of Colombia. She is Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture and Design in the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá. She is member of the research group ´Quality and Habitability of the Housing´ and currently she is Editorial Coordinator of the Journal: ´Cuadernos de Vivienda y Urbanismo´.

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Publicado

2020-02-27

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Hernández-Garcia, J., & Rincón Castellanos, M. (2020). Exploring Housing Conditions Through Children’s Eyes. Revista De Direito Da Cidade, 11(3), 198–224. https://doi.org/10.12957/rdc.2019.39078

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v. 11 n. 3 (2019): Revista de Direito da Cidade - Vol. 11, N°3

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